Questioning/Inquiry Using Questions to analyze literature is a great way to use our prior knowledge and interests to help us understand and explore a work.
Use the TDSB Student Research Guide (see table of contents for Questioning)
On the right panel, click on the Green Research Guide link
Enter the password to open the PDF - consider saving to your phone! All library passwords are in the library section at the front of your agenda (2016: p23-24).
► Tips on writing a News Report (The lead is the W5H opening paragraph). Focus on an conflict-rich, event-based part of the story studied in class (e.g., Hermia's Rebellion, Montague vs. Capulet: a Civil Brawl)
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#2. Watch the film version. Shakepeare's plays are meant to be appreciated on stage. Seeing the characters come to life helps to understand both the surface meaning (plot, setting, character development), but also the subtleties of
MACBETH (1948). Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 3 Dec 2013.
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Questioning/Inquiry
Using Questions to analyze literature is a great way to use our prior knowledge and interests to help us understand and explore a work.
Use the TDSB Student Research Guide (see table of contents for Questioning)
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► Analyze samples from Toronto Star, Globe and Mail►
► Tips on writing a News Report (The lead is the W5H opening paragraph). Focus on an conflict-rich, event-based part of the story studied in class (e.g., Hermia's Rebellion, Montague vs. Capulet: a Civil Brawl)
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Drama
Supports
Play Review materials:
► Writing a Review (Royal Shakespeare Company)
► Play Review instruction: add lighting, costume, set design
► Macbeth plot summary
Examples:
► Merchant of Venice at Stratford Review
► Look at articles with "review" in title: Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, National Post
Drama E-Texts:
Reading Supports and Strategies:
#1. Review what you know about Shakespeare and English in Elizabethan times.
#2. Watch the film version. Shakepeare's plays are meant to be appreciated on stage. Seeing the characters come to life helps to understand both the surface meaning (plot, setting, character development), but also the subtleties of
MACBETH (1948). Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 3 Dec 2013.
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